– Isa 40:8.
In
discussing the family, we must only rely on the OWNER'S MANUAL, The Word of God
- The BIBLE.
THE
FAMILY
What
is a family? A family is a union
in which the husband and wife are properly married with each living their lives
to please God individually and in the union. A family is a unit where love is experienced, demonstrated
and oneness is a watchword thus creating the relationship that exists among the
Trinity between men on earth i.e. heaven on earth.
GOD’S
PLAN FOR THE FAMILY
We
can peep into God’s plan for the family by reviewing what God said concerning
Abraham in Gen 18:19 “For I have chosen him, so that he will direct his
children and his household after him to keep the way of the Lord by doing what
is right and just, so that the Lord will bring about for Abraham what he have
promised.”
God’s
plan for the world was channeled through Abraham by his obedience and by exemplary
conduct in his leadership of his family who are supposed to follow after him in
doing what is right and just. He
was to lead by example and thus become a channel for the actualization of God’s
purpose in his generation.
The
outcome of this character and obedience is that God will then accomplish His
purpose for Abraham and through him, God’s purpose for mankind.
The
family is therefore a unit of creation put in place to enable God accomplish
His purpose on earth’
The
Church, being the body of Christ, is therefore an aggregation of family units
serving as vehicles for the accomplishment of God’s purpose.
ORIGIN
OF THE FAMILY
The
family is God’s own idea. It is
His provision for the lonely and the deserted, it is his mercy towards the man He has made for His own pleasure.
